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The Blue Grit Podcast features conversations with current and former military leaders, mental health experts, elite athletes, veterans and other individuals who have overcome significant adversity. Each podcast will highlight tactics, techniques and procedures guests used to overcome profound challenges and how those TTPs may be employed to help

The Space and Missile Systems Center, a subordinate unit of Air Force Space Command, is the center of technical excellence for developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining military space systems. SMC's mission is to deliver resilient and affordable space capabilities. The center is responsible for on-orbit check-out, testing, sustainment and

(Current as of June 2017)Overview The Experimental Launch & Test Division (LEX) manages the Rocket System Launch Program (RSLP). LEX is a geographically separated unit of the Launch Enterprise Directorate and is based out of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This division provides space launch for all government programs, to

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations has been the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug.1, 1948. The agency reports to the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. AFOSI provides professional investigative service to commanders of all Air Force activities. Its primary responsibilities are criminal

The SMC Remote Sensing Systems Directorate (SMC/RS) manages the Air Force OPIR enterprise and the Department of Defense Space Based Environmental Monitoring Enterprise. The OPIR enterprise is comprised of two DoD programs, Defense Support Program (DSP), and Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS). Development is aligned to the Space Warfighting

Mission The Space and Missile Systems Center's newest directorate, the Launch Enterprise Directorate (SMC/LE), was stood up during a ceremony held at SMC's Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. on Oct. 14, 2015.The directorate brings together the Launch Systems Directorate and the Rocket Systems Launch Program,

MissionThe SBIRS program is the follow-on capability to the highly successful Defense Support Program (DSP). The SBIRS program was designed to provide a seamless operational transition from DSP to SBIRS and meet jointly defined requirements of the defense and intelligence communities in support of the missile early warning, missile defense,

In addition to longitude, latitude, and altitude, the Global Positioning System provides a critical fourth dimension - time. Each GPS satellite contains multiple atomic clocks that contribute very precise time data to the GPS signals. GPS receivers decode these signals, effectively synchronizing each receiver to the atomic clocks. This enables

The surveying and mapping community was one of the first to take advantage of GPS because it dramatically increased productivity and resulted in more accurate and reliable data. Today, GPS is a vital part of surveying and mapping activities around the world.When used by skilled professionals, GPS provides surveying and mapping data of the highest